Tuesday, April 5, 2011

The Times They are a Changin'

Claire is:
1. Changing from 2 naps a day to 1
2. Getting new teeth
3. Fighting a cold
4. Turning 1 on Friday
5. Recovering from a beach day yesterday where she ate lots of sand and tried to drink ocean water

I am:
1. Taking full advantage of this now rare, early-morning nap but feeling a little stressed because we didn't get the things done I had planned
2. Trying to work out a new schedule that only includes 1 nap time. (when I am going to go to the gym?!?!)
2. Already working on my 1st diet coke of the day
3. Considering attending this blogfest that my friend Rosie recommended (I've never attending a blogfest but Rosie does them all the time and I really like her blog and it's a blogfest for Mormons and I am Mormon and have a blog--perfect fit!)
4. Looking at pictures I have stored up on my phone which I was going to blog about but never got around to.
5. Planning a birthday party

About Me

Sometimes it feels best to define yourself by defining what you are not. I am not an amateur photographer. My house does not look like the inside of an anthropologie catalog. I do not have shaggy bangs, am not stick skinny and though it breaks my heart to admit it, it would be a stretch to consider me "hip". My (darling) husband does not wear thick-rimmed glasses and he refuses to put any kind of product in his hair.
I am a thirty-something liberal feminist with a master's degree. My husband and I have given up life with two incomes to live on the cheap. We have chosen this life because I want to be at home with my kids (and I'd like to make it through the last 30 years of Pulitzer Prize winners).
We have a darling little girl who mostly wears hand-me-downs. She also sports a Justin Bieber-esque hairstyle and dresses herself. Her favorite outfit is a purple shirt and a red skirt. She has fashionista written all over her.
We have a new baby boy who sometimes wears girl hand-me-downs and his favorite place to sit is a pink baby bouncer. It's cool. He's secure in his masculinity.
And we are happy.